This page provides access to Devonport Royal Dockyard site-specific regulatory and related information including the site's Health and Safety Report, Environmental Monitoring Results and Local Liaison Committee arrangements.
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Devonport Local Liaison Committee
The Local Liaison Committee was formed to provide a forum for members to gather information about general operations undertaken on the Babcock and Naval Base site at Devonport and discuss health, safety and environmental issues which may impact on public safety. The Committee meets twice yearly, chaired alternately by the Ministry of Defence and Babcock.
The next Local Liaison Committee meeting is Friday 9 July 2010 at 10:00 at Welcome Hall, Devonport.
The meeting will give Committee members the opportunity to hear about current Dockyard activities from senior Babcock staff and from MoD officials. Members of the public are welcome to attend and individuals can, in advance of the meeting, ask their representatives on the Committee to put particular questions to the Babcock and MoD personnel.
Download: Minutes of the last Local Liaison Committee meeting.
Download: List of Members of the Local Liaision Committee.
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Health, Safety and Environment Report
Babcock publishes a health, safety and environment report annually on its activities at its Devonport Royal Dockyard facility in Plymouth.
Download: Devonport's Health, Safety and Environment Report 2008/9.
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Environmental Monitoring for Radioactivity
To facilitate comparison of the various surveys carried out in the Plymouth area, results from the Local Authority, Environment Agency/Food Standards Agency/CEFAS and Babcock surveys can be seen by following the links below. These pages are shown with kind permission of the respective authors and publishers, and are taken from the published reports for 2008. These will be updated for 2009 when all of the reports are available for that year. Some differences between the results are to be expected because of the statistical uncertainties inherent in the measurement of radioactivity at the low levels present in the environment.
Available Environmental Monitoring Reports:
Babcock
Babcock makes regular surveys of radioactivity in the marine environment in accordance with the requirements of its Authorisation for the discharge of radioactive waste, issued by the Environment Agency.
Monitoring for radioactivity is carried out at various locations along the banks of the Rivers Tamar, Lyner, Tavy and Plym. Measurements are made of environmental gamma dose rates and samples are taken of the sediment along the low waterline, and of seaweed, mussels and river water at various points. The monitoring points and arrangements for monitoring, sampling and analysis have been agreed with the Environment Agency.
Download: Environmental Monitoring for Radioactivity around Devonport Royal Dockyard Annual Report 2008
Published by: Babcock
Reproduced with kind permission of the author(s). © The Author.
Rife-14
The links below take you to the Radioactivity in Food and the Environment annual report, RIFE-14, and extracts relevant to the Devonport area. RIFE-14 combines the results of independent monitoring for radioactivity in the environment carried out by the Environment Agency and Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) on behalf of the Food Standards Agency.
Link to: Radioactivity in Food and the Environment Report 2008
Download: RIFE-14 Extracts
Published by: The Food Standards Agency, Environment Agency, Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Heritage Service.
Reproduced with kind permission of the Food Standards Agency. © The Author.
SERMG
The Southern England Radiation Monitoring Group (SERMG) was set up to look at environmental levels of radioactivity in the South of England. It is managed by a Steering Group of Local Authority representatives which includes a technical co-ordinator from the University of Southampton Geosciences Advisory Unit (GAU). The GAU within the SERMG provides technical advice to the Local Authorities and support the monitoring programme including sample collection, analyses and report production. The information at the link below is taken from the SERMG Quarterly report and is reproduced with the permission of the publisher GAU, Southampton Oceanographic Centre and the SERMG.
Download: Extracts from SERMG Quarterly Report November 2008 - January 2009.
Reproduced with kind permission of the author(s). © The Author.
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